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USGIF Honors Vice Admiral Robert Sharp, USN (Ret.), with 2025 Lundahl-Finnie Lifetime Achievement Award

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USGIF Honors Vice Admiral Robert Sharp, USN (Ret.), with 2025 Lundahl-Finnie Lifetime Achievement Award

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Constellis awarded Global Protective Services MATOC Contract from U.S. Army Contracting Command

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Constellis awarded Global Protective Services MATOC Contract from U.S. Army Contracting Command

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HERNDON, Va., June 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Constellis was awarded a contract to perform Global Protective Services (GPS) by the U.S. Army Contracting Command – Rock Island (ACC/RI) through its Triple Canopy subsidiary on June 13, 2025.Read Article

B&A Acquires Hexagon US Federal's HS3 Business Unit

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B&A Acquires Hexagon US Federal's HS3 Business Unit

Federal IT systems integrator B&A has acquired Hexagon US Federal’s Strategic Services and Solutions, or HS3, business unit as part of a push to expand its capabilities in delivering mission-critical technologies and support to defense, intelligence and national security agencies. Enhancing B&A’s Service Offerings for National Security, Defense, Intelligence Sectors B&A said the HS3 defense Read Article

Space Force Boosts Ecosystem of GPS Alternatives in LEO

The Space Force is playing midwife to a new ecosystem of commercial satellite constellations providing alternatives to the service’s own Global Positioning Service from much closer to the Earth, making their signals more accurate and harder to jam. A half-dozen companies, including two with research contracts from Space Force or Air Force tech incubators, are currently planning low-Earth orbit (LEO) constellations of hundreds of small satelli…Space Force · Herndon Read Article

Elden the Bear is the Town of Herndon’s new summer hire

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Herndon’s new employee is pretty good at hide and seek and loves nature, but his email skills are lacking without opposable thumbs. But Elden the Bear is the Town of Herndon’s newest summer hire and has already been dubbed “Employee of the Month” — despite the fact he doesn’t officially start on the job until July 1. Reid Okoniewski, the marketing and communications specialist with the Town of Herndon’s Parks and Recreation Department, announced…Herndon · Herndon Read Article

The Waffle That Conquered The World: How Hampton Inn Became The World’s Largest Hotel Chain - Live and Let's Fly

The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach and apparently, the way to creating world’s largest hotel chain, an honor held by Hilton’s Hampton Inn brand, is also through the stomach… How Hampton Inn Became Largest Hotel Chain In The World Hampton (which includes both Hampton Inn and Hampton Inn & Suites) sold about 90 million room nights last year, a few million more than its closest competitor: Holiday Inn Express. That generated $12 billio…Herndon · Herndon Read Article

Fairfax Co. plans to buy closing private school, with eye on opening first new high school in decades

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Fairfax County’s school board has approved a plan to buy property from a closing private school in Herndon, paving the way for Virginia’s largest school district to open its first new high school in decades. The proposal, which was approved during Thursday’s board meeting, involved buying the infrastructure of what’s been operating as “King Abdullah Academy” in Herndon. The school district is paying $150 million to acquire the land, including sc…Property · Herndon Read Article

Herndon's new Buffalo Wild Wings GO opens next week

Major progress in Herndon where a new Buffalo Wild Wings GO restaurant has just about wrapped up construction. And a grand opening is scheduled for next week. As The Burn reported back in January, Buffalo Wild Wings GO is coming to the BB&T Center – a tiny shopping plaza that is also home to theHerndon · Herndon Read Article

Wandering Maryland black bear turns up in ... Northern Virginia

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A young black bear that was repeatedly sighted in the Baltimore area before being sedated and released in a more appropriate setting turned up this week in the Virginia suburbs outside Washington, D.C.Celebrity · Herndon See the Story

Bear with a taste for the burbs is relocated

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“Elden the Bear” may be gone — safely relocated somewhere in Virginia — but the young black bear with a taste for the suburban backyard life won’t be forgotten. He’s being honored by the Herndon Town Council, with June 9 being declared, “Elden the Bear Day.” The young male bear, named “Elden” after his visit to Elden Street in Herndon on Monday, is the same bear that was found on Memorial Day in a backyard in the Langley Park area of Maryland’s …Herndon · Herndon Read Article

Young black bear safely removed after 'hanging out' in Herndon neighborhood

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A young black bear was on the loose in Herndon Monday afternoon. It was an all-hands-on-deck approach to get this black bear out of the tree he took refuge in, and he was eventually captured.Herndon · Herndon See the Story